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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

What a joy to be on the Narrow Road Into The Deep North with you all my dear family. Today we are going further into the deep north following Basho and his companion Sora on their way to find enlightenment.

Turning
away from the high road leading to the provinces of Nambu, I came to the
village of Iwate, where I stopped overnight. The next day I looked at the Cape
of Oguro and the tiny island of Mizu, both in a river, and arrived by way of Naruko
hot spring at the barrier-gate of Shitomae which blocked the entrance to the
province of Dewa. The gate-keepers were extremely suspicious, for very few
travelers dared to pass this difficult road under normal circumstances. I was
admitted after long waiting, so that darkness overtook me while I was climbing
a huge mountain. I put up at a gate-keeper's house which I was very lucky to
find in such a lonely place. A storm came upon us and I was held up for three
days.

I love that last haiku. It's just a real scene. It was not always very clean in the hostels were Basho stayed the night and that gave of course all kinds of nasty experiences as is shown in the "fleas and lice" haiku. I have read and re-read that haiku several times. Silently but also aloud ... and it gives me a real feeling of being one with all and everything. Maybe this "fleas and lice" haiku is one of Basho's best karumi (lightness) styled haiku.

I have given it a try myself to compose such a haiku using this "karumi" - style:

along the seashorehand in hand with the love of my lifea seagull shits on my head

Not as strong as I had hoped, but I like the simple scene and the humor hidden in it.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7.00 PM (CET) and will remain open until December 12th at noon (CET). I will try to post our new episode, a new CD Special with our featured haiku poetess Georgia, later on. For now have fun!

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